Compliance & Regulation · Professional · MBE™
MDPP
Mastering Data Privacy and Protection
Compliance & Regulation
Professional level
32 Hours
22 Modules
Self-paced
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MDPP
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- Structured, practical content built around real-world application
- Digital resources, tools, and templates to support your learning
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About the MDPP Certification
Understand what counts as personal and sensitive data, which laws apply to your organization, and what individuals are entitled to demand of you. You will learn to select a lawful basis, run a DPIA, apply retention and access controls, manage vendors and cross-border transfers, respond to a breach, and build privacy into products from the start.
What You Will Learn
- Explain what privacy and data protection mean in practice.
- Identify personal, sensitive, and pseudonymized data correctly.
- Navigate GDPR, DPDP, and the wider privacy landscape.
- Apply the core principles of lawful data processing.
- Select and document an appropriate lawful basis.
- Handle data subject access and erasure requests.
- Manage data securely across the full lifecycle.
- Conduct a data protection impact assessment.
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Personal Data Identification
Lawful Basis Selection
Consent Management
Data Subject Rights Handling
Core Topics
Who Is This Course For?
Data protection officers
Run a privacy program that meets regulatory expectations with confidence
Privacy and compliance professionals
Turn privacy law into practical controls across the business
IT and information security teams
Align security controls with data protection obligations
HR and marketing staff
Handle employee and customer data lawfully in daily work
Product and software managers
Build privacy by design into products and software from day one
Compliance officers
Assess privacy risk and respond to incidents and rights requests
What's Included?
Self-paced modules you can revisit anytime- Digital study resources and templates
- Knowledge checks and practice assessments
- The fee includes course, examination and certification fees
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Certification terms and policies apply
Course Outline
- What We Mean by Privacy and Data Protection
- Privacy as Everyone’s Responsibility
- The Business Case: Trust, Reputation, and Risk
- How Privacy Shapes Daily Work
Complete the professional assessment to earn the MDPP credential
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